Social Movements Archives - Focus on the Global South

AGPA 2022: People-Centered: Addressing ASEAN Crises Together

by Anisa | Dec 18, 2022 | Blog Post, Cambodia, Climate & Environment, Event, FOCUS Dispatch, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Systemic Alternatives | 0

The first ASEAN Grassroots People’s Assembly (AGPA) was organized in 2012, where it successfully...

Towards A Stronger Corporate Accountability in Asia

by Anisa | Sep 29, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Event, FOCUS Dispatch, Social Movements | 0

On Monday, 19 September 2022, as part of the Asia Task Force on the Legally Binding Treaty (ATF),...

Bridging the Voices of Local Communities — An Interview with Saing Siem

by Anisa | Aug 31, 2022 | Cambodia, FOCUS Dispatch, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Women | 0

By Ros Sokunthy As the head of Achangrong Sameithmey Agricultural Community in Kampong Chhnang...

Fighting for Land Rights in Cambodia — Interview with Chhoeun Ratha

by Anisa | Jun 23, 2022 | Blog Post, Cambodia, FOCUS Dispatch, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Women | 0

Leading the Charge For more than ten years, I’ve been involved in various reclamation...

FOR A JUST PANDEMIC RECOVERY WITH WORKERS AT THE CENTRE

by Anisa | May 1, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Social Movements, Statement | 0

1 May, 2022 Statement from Focus on the Global South Workers across the world have faced a series of immense setbacks with the advance of neoliberalism and expansion of global value chains that have been exacerbated in the past two years.

2,000 farmers, fishers, IPs mobilize for ‘radical reforms’

by Anisa | Apr 18, 2022 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Philippines, Social Movements, Statement | 0

LUCENA CITY – To commemorate the International Day of Peasants’ Struggles last April 17, around...

SALUTING THREE DECADES OF PEASANTS STRUGGLES

by Anisa | Apr 17, 2022 | Asia/World, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Social Movements, Statement | 0

Solidarity Statement from Focus on the Global South on the International Day of Peasant Struggles...

Sama-Sama:Music Beyond Borders

by Joseph Purugganan | Mar 1, 2022 | Asia/World, COVID-19 Updates, Feature, Social Movements, Systemic Alternatives | 0

AMP3’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic by Joseph Purugganan A year before the pandemic, the...

Videos: Grassroots Voices: Strengthening Struggles Against the WTO

by Anisa | Dec 17, 2021 | Asia/World, Event, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Social Movements, Trade and Investment, Video | 0

“WTO out of agriculture and fisheries”, “Down WTO”, “End WTO” have been the rallying cries of...

Laos: Nine years on, civil society worldwide still demands answers on Sombath’s enforced disappearance

by Anisa | Dec 15, 2021 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Statement | 0

(15 December 2021) On the ninth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil...

First Anniversary of Farmer Protests in India: A note of solidarity and support

by Anisa | Nov 26, 2021 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, India, Social Movements, Statement | 0

November 26 marks one year since thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana marched towards New Delhi, in protest against the three farm laws enacted by the Indian Government.